"Akua Ba Fertility Doll From Ghana"
Superb female fertility statue AKUA BA AKAN from GHANA in light wood with black patina height 35cm This statuette is typical of the ASHANTI style The term akua ba refers to the name of a sterile woman, to whom a sorcerer ordered to wear a statuette resembling a a child the disc-shaped head was pierced around its edge or must have hung pendants (one remains) the face as well as the back of the head have tribal and symbolic scarifications a certain shine caused by repeated manipulation on the breasts , the hands and the tips of the feet, the navel as well as the tips of the buttocks It is similar to that of the Barbier Muller collection but without the child in the back free shipping worldwide